Trillium viridescens
Trillium viridescens is a sessile species with deep red and green flowers atop mottled foliage.
Trillium viridescens is a sessile species with tulip-shaped blooms that are deep red at the base grading into green at the tips sitting on mottled green foliage. If you have a woodland garden you should have trilliums! Native to the Eastern US. Trillium are exquisite plants for the shade garden blooming in early to mid spring with their elegant flowers. They are spring ephemerals that may go dormant by summer. Keep in mind that they may go dormant early in the year they are first planted and could sulk a bit in their second year before settling in for beautiful displays for years to come.
Common Name: Ozark Trillium
Family: Trilliaceae (The Trillium Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-8
Light: Full Shade Part Shade
Height: 8-12"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
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Fragrance: Yes
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woodlands, limestone districts, calcareous soils, floodplains, riverbanks, clayey alluvium, less fertile soils, high, dry limestone woods, persists under light pasturing, 100-300m.
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